Grinding machine



Sept. 12, 1933. H. cs. WEINLAND GRINDING. MACHINE s Sheets-Sheet '1 Filed Nov. 50, 1931 I I I I l I I I I I INVENTOR ATTORNEKS -I I I I I I I I 2 wk i AAA...) N. m 1 v) 5N,

H. G. WEINLAND GRINDING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 30, 1931 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Sept. 12, 1933.

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GRINDING MACHINE Filed Nov. 50, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Sept. 12, 1933.

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C Hermon G.lWeinl"an1d, Springfield, Ohio, "assignor' I a grinding Wheel Patented 1'2,

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t to The-QSafety Grinding- ,Wheel & Machine Company- Springfieiiflhio, afoorfloration oi table or holder upongizhioh thejwork is mounted;

in combination with a grinding headsupporting which is movable to andfroin theworkf v q It hasbeen found that-in moving the work past the wheel at-very high epeedjbetter finish and iess'power i'sfuse'd. This,'however,' is predicated 'upon the principleofadvancing'theiwheel to the work in very fine increments rather than 'inheavy sloweryae with" the high'tabie peed and srneil increment feed lessfheat is p'roduoedand conseqnent distortion oi the workdueto heatis re duce'd. Ifhis is accomplished by providing" means for securing were}; getting forthe grinding wheel holder in'reiation: to the workfioibe 'groiin'd and superimposing on this qiiick setting'ineans devices; 2 forimpa-rtingl a small amount of feed tothe holder which is'an integration ojf n any small increments.

t One oi the objeetsgof this inveritionis to pro: vide means-for preliminarilypositioning the tool holder at an initial-starting point inoonnection with means for thereafter impartineincrement V feedsto' said tom-holder from the initial position .to a predeterminedpositionin relation to the work; a vmore specific Object in this connection being to provide "means for automatically arrest ing a tobl'holder after apredetermined ieedgand to provide means for automaticaily rjestorin the i tool-hoider to initial position at the end of the predetermined movementthereof and to also ro vide means for regftiiatirig the i-extentof the inf crement or intermittent feedsof the holder. V Anotheifl object of the invention is to provide means whereby forwardfeeding' movements of the tool-holder may be arrested by adjustabie'etop means so that sueoeeding-pieces" of worklare ma ehined to' very ciosetolerances a m'orespeeific object in this connection being to locatesuch stop I, means at a pointnear the sour e-or power-for aog tuating thetroinjof gearingfemployed inthepres- 7 (ant case, thereby-insuring that the desiredelose tolerances are maintaindlirfif the machining operatiori, because of the iaot that smaii portion only of the feeding mechanism isstres'sedflat the "tiineiof contact orthe stop means. g:

Another object of th invention s tofprovide thatthe tool hoider maybe *fnoved iquickly in either direction by manually operated mechanism without interferenoewith the power mechanism Anotherobject ofthe inv'ention is to provide means for reversing'the direction ofnroyernent bf the Work-holder during' the grinding'operation of such a nature as will perrnitthe workeh'oldei' to be moved frond its woriging position to eloading positinand to provideiineans operated by the I n j the work holdfe'r to ioading position. faster cutting" isobtained and at the same time V byaeeminueus iiiov nient was increments which would require the table to 'run A further object of niy inrentionis to provide va reciprocating work tabie 'op'eia't'edfhy' a fiu i'ci i used therewith; J

61 dioider'atthe iimmrie wnee to ea j; man -stoppin themovea my, position for auto; merit thereoffand toalso 'perinit thewor -holeer after io'adingjto be again movedquick-1yto'vifoil z ine'DQsi-ti-om V y I A A further object or the invention is to provide;

fforaiitomatically arrestingtheintermittentfeed i :of the tool holderat the end" fine-movement Y A further object of the me-ens whereby the mov en leading poeition'act in returnin 'tion is to br'o de forwardyfeed to the tool holder; a-- ur-t- I e1 obgeet inthis :connection. being toF-previde imann ally operatedineans-to'permit-thefoperator t'ofac'c' m piish these at any timedes'ireii by't'he feroper inanipuiati'onof the Control lever.

7 Another object of "rny 'inven'tioh istoiinp'rofve the meansfor impartin'gthe intermittent feed't-o nection 'beingfto provide fluid-operated ine.

ism in connection with "comparattiveiy h1g iev'er age ratio;ithnspermitting theusedf a small "fluid pressure deviceand making it possible to impartsmall feeding movementsito the toolehoider in motor. and an intermittently operated workholder also operated hyaffluid rn'otor in-corinee-Q:

tion with means for supplying iiuid torjsi ch motors froinza Fc'ommo'n source and for controlling such souroe; a further' obje ct in 'th'ise'onnection being;

to also provide 'an'jadditionai 'fl'uid firotdr to e w store thetooi-"holder to initial positihninconnec tionlwithmeans for supplying fiuidto suchlinotor when the fluid to the other motors iscfltlbff In the accompanyingdrawingsz Fig; I is a side elevation ojf'a portion-of atoo holderfand base showing the manner o'fembody- 1 ing that part of the pi i cip1-es or t he inirenti'on I @Fig. 2 is a view n side eievanb'n cr-portibhs of,

a different working position.

the mechanism seeniin Fig. 1, but with the pattern. x

Fig. 513 afragmentary verti'oaiseetion on the 5 linen-55 of'Fig. 1-.- V r in V Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic-view showi" g -conven-j tienally the means whereby the prinoinlesof the invention are obtained byfthe'flise of =f1i iflloper5 'ated devices."

igs. 7 and s are enlar ged fragmentary tins.

Q e b e-to its 11'0 Fig.4 is afragment-ary horizontal section o'njl. I Q

2 I verse section's'on the tivelyofiFig. 6.

lines 7-7 and'8-.-8, respec- Referring to the drawings, '1 represents a {001 head in which may spindle 1'.

The tool-holdenor head is' shown 1 slidalolyv mounted on the' upper surfaces of a lateralextension 2 of a base 2 and.gibbedthereto by gibs of work tobe groundand for thereafter imparting an increment'or intermittent feed to: the

holder. In theside ofthe-head is fixeda ho'ri zontallydisposed stud 4 (Fig. 4) on whichis ro+ tatably mounted a ratchet disc 5, on thecuter end" of ,the hub 6 of which is provided gear teeth 7 meshing .with; which arethe gear teeth 8 in the peripheryof asegmentarmfl Theseginentarin.

- rotated which causes the nut li-and with it the 9 is keyed, or otherwise secured, to; the extremity of horizontally disposed shait 16 rotatablyj supported'inbearings llattache'd to the rear sideoi thehead 1 portion of the'shaft lois provided with gear teeth12to jonn a plnion which meshes with aflshort rack, 13 secured. to an e rten'sio n. 1

integrally attached to a nut 15.

a The nut15is'slidably mounted on the under side of the head, 1 as seen best in Fig. 3, having projecting por'tions 16 arranged for the accommodation'of gibs 17 of angle cross-section which arejsecured to the under side ofthe head 1. The lower portion of the nut 15 is. interiorly threaded to receive a feed screw.18, the rearward end of I which has a reduced diameter portion 19 capable of being rotatably mounted inan opening 20 ina rear wall of thebase 2' in the usual manner.

Theratchet disc Sis actuated by a pair of oppositely positioned levers having pawls, 19 being a lever on one side and 20 a ljever on the opposite side of the centerof'the disc which levers are rotatably mounted. on short studs 21, each ofwhich is fitted in diametrically positioned open in'gs' 22 in a .bracket 23 secured in. any suitable manner to the extremity 24 of theistud 4. Each of the levers 19 and 20 isprovidedwitha segment ofgear teeth, the segments .nieshingwith each other asindicated'at 25Iand 26, Fig. 1, sothat power applied to one lever is transmitted to its] mating'lever. Each of the levers is equipped with a pawl; 27 being a pawl attached to the lever 19, and 28 being that pawl attached to the lever 22' Each of the pawls 27 and zfiisrotatably carried ona stud such as 30, one .endfof which is fixedin suitable apertures in eachof the levers. Thence mal position of the levers is as seenin'Flgnl in which they are diametrically opposite one. 2m other. The pawls, however,,arepositioned in amanner to impart rotation ofjtheratchet disc in but one direction only. Accordingly theipawl27 depends from the 1ever 19;and is caused. teen} gage thetee'th by the influence of pawl'weight 31 and the pawl 28 is placed upwardly andis caused to engagefthe ratchet teeth by reason of. the pawl weight 32-. The actuation of the levers 19 and 20 from the position shown in Fig.1 tofa position such as shown in Fig. 2 willcause a partialrotation ofthe ratchet disc5 in the direction of the arrow shown thereon by reason of the engagement of the pawl 23 with-the. disc, since by reason of the intermeshingcfth gear. segments 25 and26 on the hubs ofthe levers, the lever 19 is given a like-partial rotation on its stud 21, durbe mounted. a grinding wheel:

13' should also be considered as being in position asregardS the base.

ratchetdiscS "is again given an equal partial ro-' tationin.thesamedirectionas described (Fig. 1) by reason of the just eiplained.-

orthe 'ratchet' disc and. the teeth8 in the segment arm," the'shaft.10 will also be partially rotated and-since the pinion 12 is inmesh with the rack 13 which is secured to then'orrnally staengagement of the pawl 27 as 1 tionary nut 15, the head 1 must bemoved through feed screw 18 is incapable'of longitudinal move ment with respect to the .base'2 and that the rack a fixed Whenit isv desired to move thehead quickly, asin ,settingup, the feedscrew .18 is manually rack 13 to n ove 'along'the feed-screw relatively to the base, and although the nut is freely'and slidably supported on the head, the small amount ol iriction developed on attempting to rotate the disc through the medium of the gearing, as is the apparent tendency, .isof sufficient moment to onset this tendency, and thev head is moved. Further, if desired, the head may be'moved by "the use of the feed screw, even while the mechanism described is at the tirhe engaged in imparting its intermittent and. successive sznall movements, and obviously-at amuch greater rate ofspeed. Y

'Thelevers 19 and 2am actuated. in-the pres l entcase'by 'a small cylinder 33having therein a piston shown in dotted lines at, 33 whose piston ,rod 34 is pivotally'connected bylapin-BS to a depending" lugf36 integrally attached to the. lower side of the 1e've'r20 as seen in Fig. 1. This cylinder SS-is pivotally mounted, 37 being one of a. pair oftru'nnions (one only being shown) fixed on either sideof the base, 38 of the cylinder and which trunnions 37 are rotatably fixed inopenings in the lowerextremity 39 of the bracket 23. Fluid under pressuresuch asfcompressed, air

.is. admittedto eithersend of the cylinder 33.

Whenfsuch fluid is admitted to the lower end, the

pistonrod 34 moves outwardly, to theliinit of the cylinder and causes the arms 19 and 20 to assume the position shown inFig. 2, andasexplained be fore, thiscauses a'gpartial rotation of the ratchet disc 5.; When sum is admitted to the upper end of [the cylinder, the reverse movement takes place; that is,'the piston rod'34 is retracted within the cylinder and draws the levers =19; and 20 downwardly,jduring which time the pawl 27 is now causing a-. pai*tialrotation ofthe" disc 5.

. .In the present case, this movement ofQthc .levers 19 and 20 resultsin the partial rotation of the disc ,thi' ough:an angular distance repre-,

sented by approximately five ratchet teeth on the upper movement andoffive ratchetteeth on the downward.movement and each; may be assumed to represent-the maxi'inurnamount of feeding inovem'ent. at, each, reversal ofthe work-holder 'attached toltheside of a bracket 23 and is providedwith knurled head v4 3 and jam-nute i to retain theadjustmentwhen it isisecured. 1n the 84 on the roller. 33 is to cause a downward movement. of the lever 85-to the approximate posiposition.

the:Y'-lever-;in order to proceed to .the loading,

the "lever 89 of a valve 90,.whichisin-a normally and also by'a link 91 to the lever'92 of the valve 72 which is in anormallyopen-positi0njduring theworking.operation.,.

'T he eii'ect o'f :thecontact or" theauxiliary stop.

tion as shown by the broken-dine: 85' which will further distance ;,to complete" the. closing of the valve;72- and the opening of he valve.'90. I

The character. 93 indicates a ilat'curved spring" secured to the base; at-it's free end is-"secured'a the remainder cfgthe travel '--of th'et lever,

underthe influence of: the oppositeside ,of the wedge QFi beingutilized for thetpurpose of prfo viding ample clearance space between; the rolls er 83 andy-theinclined contactsuriace 84;" for the"purpose explained; The action-of; the wedge issuchas to impart-a quick movement t'othe levereausing: the roller 83. to leave the-incline .84 andtoquickly elosegthevalve to-stop further movement of the worketable;'and,com-

pletely openthe valve 90; e V H .The opening of the. va1ve 90' -causes.. a" flow or" compressed airthrough the pipe 97 andthrough. the branches leading therefrom indicatedet .98;

99. andilOOQ The 'fiexihle' branches, -98 and :99

'leadto the cylinders 53'Iprevious1y described' as' being fixed inthe ends of the leverslfi and 20,-

while the pipe'loo leadsto the.cylinderbOythere 5? thereforebeing the-desiredsimultaneous applicationoi f uid pressure to each ofjthe cylinders mentioned, to Withdraw the pawls 27- and 28and restore the arm. 9 to.initialposition...c-

. l Afterqthe; new piece ofworkhasbeen plaeed p on the table in proper position; the machine is. '65;

putj-into operation by manually*depressing the handle 86. During the first portion of the'down Ward-movement, of the, handle {86.the roller 83 w spectively, after which thespring-and-wedge acmovesthrough the clearance space and-before I contact ismade-by: the roller 83 with the con .tactsur'face 84, the valves 72 and 90 aref'put" in their partial open and closed positions, re-

tion. previously: described restores :the levers. to theinitial position as soon as "the table moves from the loading .positon; and completesithe movement. of thevalves-J g The table' is stopped at .thedoading 'position by contact; of a 1'01161 83 arranged to I stand in the path of an inclined contact surface 84 of an auxiliary tableFst0pI...; The roller 83 is mounted at the free end of the lever 85 'whichis pivotally mounted on the base and has'a hand lever 86 attached thereto for. tliewpurposes 'of. manual control. 'To .thelever85 is,also,.attached f the lever 8'7 Which-is conrie'ctedby a link 88 to;

-.- -.T,o move? the work-table from leading. position'to workingposition, it.is necessary to'shiit the table-reversing mechanism to shift the reverse. valve:.69. 'This shifting of the valve. is

caused during the first portion. of. thedownward movementof the handle 86, through the medium. ofthe following described connection;

opening 103i in an integrally attached rib'l04 on the forwardside .of-the lever .67. .A'c'ollar .105

"onthis rodis .adjustably secured thereto in such closed positionduring. the working operation,

positionthat when the: handle 86-is depressed, the-collar. willhear against the rib lo l-and cause atiol is indicated a rod pivotally connected to I the lever by means of the stud 102;: This rod the desired shift of the reversevalvefiSl-but with of.,the :Y-lever. .On the return of the table to the-working position, the swinging'stop member 63; w'hieh jsh'ould be, restored .to' its proper posi-v tion immediately after -it passes the, Yielevenl partly. open the ;va1ve.;.90,' an'dpartly: close the valve -.'72; but in order to "leave .lproper; clearance between the lever "85 and-theinclined surfaceS-i to again reverse the valve 1 manually, there is I provided additional. means tojmovethe lever-a swings over-the a-rrn'fifi, the arm 66.at=this time being in the vertical position. Although not su'ownya variation of the spring-and-wedge ar- 'rangement similar to that described for the lever 85,- maybe employed in conn'e'ction'wit h the ta ble reverse Y-leverp 1 Having thus described my. invention, I claim: 11-. Ina grinding machineja work-holder, a fluid motor forpreciprocating said work-holder, a movable tool-holder, means including a fluid motorior imparting an intermittent feed to said tool-holder, a; valve means for reversing eachof 'saidmotors, means on the table 'for controlling saidvalve means, a thirdflui'd motor forrestor-" ing said tool-holder toinitial position and means on'the tablefor' simultaneously supplying fluid .to said third motor and. for cutting "off the fluid i to said fir'stm'entioned motors. 2. In a grinding .machine, areciprocating work-holder havingla movement from Working toloading position, a movable tool-holder, means including a vfluid motor and a pawl and ratchet device fer imparting'an intermittent feed tosaid tool holder, another fluidmotor for restoring said .tool-holder'ito 'initial': position, {fluid-operated means.iorrenderingthe pawl and ratchet device inoperativeQand means operated by a movement of the work-holder from working to loading position'for controlling said fluid motors tostop the first mentioned motor and the'last mentioned motor. I 7

3. In a grinding 'machine, a} reciprocating work-holder-having a movement from working to loading-position, a movable tool holder', means including a fiuid motor and a ratchet wheel and a-a pair ofpawls for impartingan intermittent feed to saidtool-holder, anotherfluid motor for restoring said to'ol-holdei to -initial position,

a fiuidmotor'for each pawl for throwing same out of engagement 1 with said ratchet-wheel, and means operated by a movement of the-"workleasing the pawls.

I "4.In a grinding machine; amovable-tool-1 holder,- means' including: a fluid motor and a ratchet-Wheel and a pair of pawls for impart ing aninter'mittent feed to said tool h'older; "another fluid-motor for restoring said tool-holder to'initial position. and means for controlling said fluid motors to cut off fluid to the first mentioned motor and supply fluid to the second mentioned motor to also release the pawls from said ratchet- Wheel.

5. In a grinding machine, a base, a tool-holder movably mounted thereon, a pivoted arm on said holder, means for gearingthe pivoted end of said arm to a normally fixed part on said base, a segmental gear on the free end of said arm, a shaft carried by said holder, a ratchet-wheel rotatable With said shaft, a pinion connected with said ratchet-wheel meshing with said segmental gear, a pair of pawl-armsgeared together for simultaneous movement, a pawl on each arm meshing with said ratchet-wheel in reverse relation with each other, a reciprocating fluid motor connected with one of said arms, and means for alternately supplying fluid under pressure to the ends of the cylinder of said motor."

6. In a grinding machine, a movable tool-' holder, means including a fluid motor for imparting an intermittent feed to said tool-holder,

' thereof for imparting an intermittent feed to said holder, adjustable means for regulating-the extent of each intermittent feed of said feeding means, and adjustable means cooperating with said feeding means at a point intermediate the fulcrum of said lever and said motor for stopping said feeding means after a predetermined movement of said holder.

8. In a grinding machine, a base, a movable tool-holder thereon, means including a fluid 'motor and a lever fulcrumed upon said holder and geared to a normally fixed part adjacent the fulcrum point thereof forimparting an intermittent feed to said holder, adjustable means for regulating the extent of each intermittent feed, and adjustable means cooperating with said lever at a point remote from the fulcrum thereof for stopping the feeding means after apredetermined movement of said holder.

9. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating work-holder, a rotary fluid motor geared thereto, a reciprocating fluid pressure cylinder for operating the reversing valve of said rotary' motor,

a valve for controlling the fluid supply to and' exhaust from'said reciprocating motor, a lever connected with said valves having a pair'of arms, and a pair of pivoted dogs on said Work-holder cooperating with said arms to reverse said valve at the end of each reciprocatory movement of said-work-holder. I

10. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating work-holder, a rotary fluid motor geared thereto, means operated by the holder for reversingsaid motor at the end of each reciprocatory movement of saidholder, said means at one of the movements of said work-holder being adapted to be rendered inoperative to cause said motor to move said work-holder to loading position, and means'operated by said holder for shutting oil the fluid supply to said motor at the end of its movement to loading position.

11. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating work-holder, a movable tool-holder, a rotary restoring motor,

fluid motor geared to said work-holder, means for imparting an intermittent feed to said toolholder including a fluid-operated motor, means operated by the holder for reversing said rotary motor at the end of each reciprocatory movement of said holder, said means at oneiof the movements of said work-holder being adapted to be rendered inoperative to cause said motor to 4 move said Work-holder to loading position, and means operated by said holder for shutting off the fluid supply to both of said motors at the end of movement of said holder to loading poslt'ion. 1

12. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating work-holder, a movable tool-holder, a fluid motor geared to said work-holder, means for imparting an intermittent feed to said tool-holder including a fluid-operated motor, a fluid-operated motor to restore said tool-holder to initialposition, means operated by the work-holder for reversing its motor at the end of each reciprocatory movement of said work-holder, said meansat one of the movements of said Work-holder being adapted to be rendered inoperative to cause said motor to move said work-holder to loading position, and

means operated by said holder for shutting off the fluid supply to said rotary motor'and to the motor of the intermittent feeding means and for furnishing a fluid supply to said restoring motor at the end of the movement'of said holder to loading, position.

13. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating.

work-holder, a movable tool-holder, a fluid motor geared to said work-holder, means for imparting an intermittent feed'to said tool-holder including a fluid-operated motor, a fluid-operated motor to' restore said tool-holder to initial position, means operated by the work-holder to reverse its motor at the end of each reciprocatory movement of said work-holder, said means at one of the move-y ments of said worl -holder beingadapted to be rendered inoperative to cause said motor to move said work-holder to loading position, valves and connections for controlling the fluid supply to saidmotors, a lever connected with said valves, and a member on said work-holder for causing said lever'to be moved-nearthe end of the move ment of said Work-holder to loading position to shut off the fluid to said work-holder motor and said intermittent 'feedmotor and to supply fluid to said restoring motor.

14. In a grinding machine, a reciprocating work-holder, a movable tool-holder, a fluid motor a an intermittent feed tosaid tool-holder including afluid-operatedmotor,a fluid-operated motor to restore said toolholder to initial position, means operated by the work-holder to reverse its motor at. the end of each reciprocatory movement of said Work-holder, saidmeans at one of the movegeared to said Work-holder, means for imparting ments of said work-holder being adapted to be rendered inoperative to cause said motor to move said work-holder toloading position, valves and connections for controlling the fluid supply to said motors, a lever connected with said valves, and means on said work-holder for imparting aninitial movement to said lever near the end of the movement of said work-holder to the loading position, and additional means for completing.

the movement of said lever, whereby the'fluid to said work-holder motor and said intermittent feed motor is shut off and fluid supplied to said HERMON 1G WEINLAND. 

